Overview

CommCareHQ allows you to setup SMS surveys and reminders. These can be integrated with the data for existing CommCare application or provide a stand-alone SMS system. The overall reminder and survey system is called CommConnect.

Here are some example use cases:

Sending a reminder to a health worker when one of their beneficiaries is due for a delivery.

Sending counselling messages to beneficiaries (for example, reminding them to take their iron pills).

Sending a short survey to a beneficiary (for example, asking if they've attended a clinic

Have a patient request information from the system. For example, if they are enrolled in a smoking cessation study, they may request support messages from the system.

At a high level, CommConnect lets you do the following:

Recipients - Messages can be sent to a mobile worker (ex. a CHW) or a phone number stored in a case (ex. the beneficiary)

Timed and Conditional Messages - Messages can be controlled and scheduled based on the state of a case (ex. the delivery date or whether a mother is high risk).

Simple Message - A simple text message can be sent that references information in the case (ex. the case's name).

Interactive Survey - An interactive SMS survey (based on a form designed in CommCareHQ). This can be used to update or close a particular case.

Incoming Keywords - A user can initiate interaction with the system (ex. requesting a counselling message) by sending a message to the system.

Configuring Recipients

Both cases and mobile workers need to be configured specially for use with CommConnect.

Configuring Reminders

CommCareHQ allows you to setup SMS surveys and reminders. These can be integrated with the data for existing CommCare application or provide a stand-alone SMS system. The overall reminder and survey system is called CommConnect.

Here are some example use cases:

Sending a reminder to a health worker when one of their beneficiaries is due for a delivery.

Sending counselling messages to beneficiaries (for example, reminding them to take their iron pills).

Have a patient request information from the system. For example, if they are enrolled in a smoking cessation study, they may request support messages from the system.

CommConnect enables some of the following functionality:

Recipients: Messages can be sent to a mobile worker (ex. a CHW) or a phone number stored in a case (ex. the beneficiery)

Timed and Conditional Messages: Messages can be controlled and scheduled based on the state of a case (ex. the delivery date or whether a mother is high risk).

Interactive Surveys and Messages: A simple text message can be sent or an interactive SMS survey (based on a form designed in CommCareHQ).

Incoming Keywords: A user can initiate interaction with the system (registering, initiating a counselling survey, etc.) by sending a message to the system.

Configuring Recipients:

Both cases and mobile workers need to be configured specially for use with CommConnect.